Peter Kwan
With more than 18 years of experience, Mr. Kwan's primary focus has been on the financial services industry (including cryptocurrency exchanges/platforms, retail and commercial banking, brokerage, insurance, casino/gaming), around anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF), economics sanctions compliance and associated regulatory-compliance-centered technologies.
Mr. Kwan has worked across the U. S. and for clients based in Mexico, Canada, Japan, Iceland and Chile. He contributed to the ongoing development of AML/CTF regulation in Hong Kong relating to Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). Mr. Kwan's notable assignments include doing forensic data preservation and analysis for the estate of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (LBHI), Lehman Brothers International and Europe (LBIE), and Health Republic Insurance of New York (HRINY).
Mr. Kwan has helped banks based in the U.S., Latin American and Asia and Embassy banking operations with AML and sanctions-related transactional lookbacks and suspicious activity reporting remediation. He has led high-risk transaction (entity/jurisdiction) reporting and end-to-end data validations for commercial and retail banks facing federal and state scrutiny. Mr. Kwan has also managed customer data segmentation and risk re-ranking for multiple regional banks and developed financial forecasting repositories and tools for hedge fund and private equity clients.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Kwan spent six years with PricewaterhouseCoopers' Advisory practice in New York, working with the Forensic Analysis and Data Management groups. There, he led projects and managed small teams for client engagements in New York, Miami, Chicago and Tokyo.
Mr. Kwan earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Binghamton University. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).